Updates from Access Living: New Vaccine Guidelines for Youth, Transportation, and Vaccine Survey for Disability Community
05.12.21Today we have new vaccine information we want to share with you, including: On May 11, the FDA authorized the...
Post COVID Workplace Accessibility: Where Are Our Allies?
05.10.21Editor’s Note: Laura Isaacs is a career executive assistant with over 20 years of experience in various industries including law,...
Support SB 1975: Disability Homestead Exemption Amendment
05.06.21Sen. Laura Fine - Dale Fowler - Melinda Bush, Brian W. Stewart, Dan McConchie, Terri Bryant, Julie A. Morrison, Cristina...
Updates on Our Current Work on Illinois State Disability Bills
04.26.21Today, we'd like to update you on the status of several important disability-related bills in the Illinois legislature. Each year...
Access Living Statement: Amended Affordable Requirements Ordinance for Housing
04.22.21Access Living along with our coalition partners at the Chicago Housing Initiative (CHI), do not support City Council’s passage this...
Access Living Joins 23 Organizations in Push for Investment in Public Transportation
04.22.21Access Living has joined 23 other area organizations to deliver a letter to the Illinois Congressional delegation to push for...
Access Living Statement on the Conviction of Derek Chauvin
04.21.21Derek Chauvin, a former Minneapolis police officer, was found guilty yesterday —on all counts — of the brutal and senseless...
URGENT ILLINOIS ACTION ALERT: Support CESSA Today!
04.21.21Today, disability advocates across Illinois are calling on our legislators to support the Community Emergency Services and Support Act (CESSA). CESSA is...
Illinois Action Alert: Ask Your State Legislators to End Source of Income Discrimination
04.20.21Today, we ask your help to contact Illinois legislators about an important housing rights bill. HB 2775/SB 2492 is the...
Financial Literacy is a Step to Financial Empowerment
04.19.21Editor's Note: Carleda Johnson is Access Living's Independent Living Skills Coordinator and the instructor in all of Access Living's financial...